Our Projects
Working with Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adaptations and Insights from Youth Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic deeply disrupted practices within youth services, placing significant strain on practitioners and institutions. This research project aim to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on young people aged 12 to 25 and on the professionals who support them.
Finding light in the dark : youth perspectives on mental health recovery
This exhibit takes a closer look at the mental health recovery journey of young people and the many ways they navigate the ups and downs of mental health issues. At its heart are photographs created through a participatory research project with youth aged 17 to 35 who have lived experience with mental health challenges.
Mental Health Services and Youth Protection
This project aims to provide recommendations for developing standards of mental health care in child welfare services by learning from youth, workers, and decision makers.
Improving Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Youth involved in the juvenile justice system have greater needs regarding their health, addiction, and mental health services than youth in the general population. They also face more significant challenges than their peers as they transition into adulthood, including personal, academic, and professional difficulties, as well as higher rates of homelessness.
Mental health recovery from a youth rights perspective
Current understandings of recovery in policy and scholarly literature stem from knowledge and data in adult mental health. This project aims to better understand what mental health recovery represents for youth (aged 14-25) from a rights-based perspective. This is important because it centres youth voices in recovery-oriented mental health service provision during a time when youth mental health needs are exacerbated.
Does what I say count? Decision-making and relationship-building in the youth mental health care encounter
Youth participation, the process of involving youth in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives, is one way of addressing quality, confidence and access issues in mental health services. Moreover, care that supports youth mental health recovery is centered around developing a positive, supportive, and reassuring relationship with practitioners. The project asks: How are the experiences and perspectives shared by youth during care encounters taken into consideration and transformed into knowledge for the purpose of decision-making and intervention?
